December 2, 2020 — The Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship continues to welcome applications for the SOF Research Grant Program (RGP). As previously reported, the SOF was seeking applications by November 30, 2020. That deadline has now been extended to December 15, 2020. Grants to successful applicants will be announced and disbursed in early 2021.
The purpose of the RGP is to promote new research about Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, relating to his biography, his literary career, and the evidence that he was the true author behind the pen name “William Shakespeare.” The plan for 2021 is to award up to $20,000 in grants, depending on the number, merits, and nature of the proposals submitted.
SOF President John Hamill, chair of the RGP Committee, has stated: “The Research Grant Program fulfills a very important part of the SOF mission to support research and discussion of the Shakespeare Authorship Question. It is truly an extraordinary endeavor. No other organization in the world is fostering Oxfordian research at this level.”
The SOF announced its most recent research grant recipients on January 30, 2020. You can read about them here. For more detailed information about the RGP and how to apply for a grant, please click here.
